[spambayes-bugs] RE: [Spambayes] problems with 1.0 alpha 4 outlook addin

[Nordstrom, Paul]

See thread below for an audit trail for this problem

My setup:

Outlook 2002 SP2
Windows 2000 Pro.

SpamBayes 1.0 alpha 4 (binary installer)

2 Outlook profiles, one MS Exchange Server-based, the other POP3-based.

When I had only one profile, everything worked fine.  After I added the second profile, every time I stop and start Outlook (whether I switch profiles or reopen the same one) all the settings in the "Define filters" dialogue are lost.

please query me for any other details I can provide.

paul

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:28 PM
>> To: Nordstrom, Paul; spambayes at python.org
>> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] problems with 1.0 alpha 4 outlook addin
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry, this message got lost.  Are you will having this 
>> problem?  Given the subject line, it appears you are running 
>> the source-code version - if so, please update your win32all 
>> - that will fix the problem.
>> 
>> Otherwise, the best thing is to open a bug report, as the 
>> bug wont get lost - however, I am reluctant to do this 
>> myself, as then there will be no-one in the bug to verify 
>> the fix (as I can't reproduce the problem).
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Mark.
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Nordstrom, Paul [mailto:paul at amazon.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 1:37 AM
>> > To: Mark Hammond; spambayes at python.org
>> > Subject: RE: [Spambayes] problems with 1.0 alpha 4 outlook addin
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: Mark Hammond [mailto:mhammond at skippinet.com.au] 
>> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:55 PM
>> > >> To: Nordstrom, Paul; spambayes at python.org
>> > >> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] problems with 1.0 alpha 4 outlook addin
>> > >> 
>> > >> 
>> > >> > when I switch from one profile to the other, the folder 
>> > >> > settings get lost ... both filterable folders and target 
>> > >> > folders.  This happens even if all the message stores 
>> > >> > involved are visible in both profiles.  It is as if they had 
>> > >> > never been set.  The keyword association data seems to 
>> > >> > survive the transitions.
>> > >> 
>> > >> This is by design.  You must configure each profile 
>> > >> seperately, but the training information is shared.  It 
>> > >> seems that even if I wanted to share folder settings between 
>> > >> profiles I would have a hard time - the IDs used for these 
>> > >> folders appear to change across profiles.
>> > >> 
>> > 
>> > perhaps I wasn't clear ... any time I come back to a profile 
>> > (after having switched to the other one) ALL its 
>> > configuration is gone (except for the training info) and must 
>> > be reentered.  I wasn't expecting them to share 
>> > configuration, I just tried that as a workaround.
>> > 
>> > >> But assuming there are no technical problems, I'm not 
>> > >> convinced we should share any configuration.  For users that 
>> > >> share only a few information stores (or indeed none at all) 
>> > >> between profiles, this may appear strange, and could have 
>> > >> confusing semantics - eg, if 2 out of 3 profiles share an 
>> > >> information store, should changing the spam folders in one 
>> > >> of these 2 profiles change the other one?
>> > >> 
>> > 
>> > I certainly agree with this.
>> > 
>> > >> If there are any issues other than the fact that each 
>> > >> profile needs to be configured seperately, then please open 
>> > >> a bug, being as specific as you can.  If what you want is a 
>> > >> feature request, please open one of them instead (as I find 
>> > >> it easier to ignore them <wink>)
>> > >> 
>> > >> > Donation complete ... (now if you only accepted Amazon Honor 
>> > >> > system donations :-)
>> > >> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/542032/qid%3D105
>> > >> 8919474/sr%3D1-1
>> > >> 
>> > >> Excellent - thanks!  It would be nice if somehow the PSA 
>> > >> could track how much was given by SpamBayes users.  I think 
>> > >> that once the mail SpamBayes dev crew agrees, we should add 
>> > >> a few PayPal donate buttons on a few of the pages.
>> > >> 
>> > >> Mark.
>> > >> 
>>